updates galore
tardis_bigbang went live! Yay! And so far there have only been a few glitches--it's running very smoothly, knock on wood.
House: Last week the painters finished in the master bath and master bedroom. The rooms look great. We've now decided that as long as all the furniture is out of the master bedroom, we might as well take out the carpet, which is in horrible shape, and put in a hardwood floor. So, in those two rooms, we still need:
Today our designer stopped by to measure our bedroom windows for the drapes, and she managed to get someone to come over and install the new shades in the bathroom, so we now have something covering the bathroom window. Yay.
At some point the house will be clean enough for me to take some photos and show you the results. Today is not that day.
Meanwhile, we're sleeping in the guest room. We lasted in the guest bed for about a week, but we've decided that it's no longer fit for human use. It's the mattress I bought when I first graduated from college, so it's (a) cheap and (b) 20 years old--really not a good combination. We've taken it out of the room and put up a queen-size air mattress, which is a huge improvement. Tomorrow I might do some shopping; it's about time we got some halfway decent furniture in that room.
Job: Potential employer asked me to sign a non-disclosure agreement and asked for two references. E-mailed info about the references and asked where to fax the agreement to. Feeling somewhat confident but trying not to get hopes up.
Other job: My Wednesday GMAT class is on session 4, and I'm starting a Tuesday class tomorrow. If I get the real job, I'm planning on quitting Kaplan--it's been fun, but it's been over five years, and I'm ready for a change.
Teeth: Still there. Still on target for November, I hope. It's been just over 13 months since I got the braces on; I haven't been feeling as enthusiastic about posting photos because they're just not moving as much now, but they're definitely looking good. Right now we're trying to get the top front teeth moving up, which is kind of weird. The threat of rubber bands is still there. Ick.
Miscellaneous: I donated platelets for the first time on Friday; it was interesting. They put a needle in just one arm--the machine takes the blood out, pulls out the platelets, and returns the corpuscles through the same arm. So you have to watch the screen and pump during the "draw" phases but not during the "return" phases; I kept messing that up, but it seemed to work. The whole thing took about an hour--next time I'm bringing a DVD. And next time I'll donate both whole blood and platelets; there wasn't enough time for both.
Anything else? If I've left out anything you want to know, feel free to ask.
House: Last week the painters finished in the master bath and master bedroom. The rooms look great. We've now decided that as long as all the furniture is out of the master bedroom, we might as well take out the carpet, which is in horrible shape, and put in a hardwood floor. So, in those two rooms, we still need:
- light fixture for above the bathtub
- ceiling fan for the bedroom
- drapes for the bedroom
- floor for the bedroom
Today our designer stopped by to measure our bedroom windows for the drapes, and she managed to get someone to come over and install the new shades in the bathroom, so we now have something covering the bathroom window. Yay.
At some point the house will be clean enough for me to take some photos and show you the results. Today is not that day.
Meanwhile, we're sleeping in the guest room. We lasted in the guest bed for about a week, but we've decided that it's no longer fit for human use. It's the mattress I bought when I first graduated from college, so it's (a) cheap and (b) 20 years old--really not a good combination. We've taken it out of the room and put up a queen-size air mattress, which is a huge improvement. Tomorrow I might do some shopping; it's about time we got some halfway decent furniture in that room.
Job: Potential employer asked me to sign a non-disclosure agreement and asked for two references. E-mailed info about the references and asked where to fax the agreement to. Feeling somewhat confident but trying not to get hopes up.
Other job: My Wednesday GMAT class is on session 4, and I'm starting a Tuesday class tomorrow. If I get the real job, I'm planning on quitting Kaplan--it's been fun, but it's been over five years, and I'm ready for a change.
Teeth: Still there. Still on target for November, I hope. It's been just over 13 months since I got the braces on; I haven't been feeling as enthusiastic about posting photos because they're just not moving as much now, but they're definitely looking good. Right now we're trying to get the top front teeth moving up, which is kind of weird. The threat of rubber bands is still there. Ick.
Miscellaneous: I donated platelets for the first time on Friday; it was interesting. They put a needle in just one arm--the machine takes the blood out, pulls out the platelets, and returns the corpuscles through the same arm. So you have to watch the screen and pump during the "draw" phases but not during the "return" phases; I kept messing that up, but it seemed to work. The whole thing took about an hour--next time I'm bringing a DVD. And next time I'll donate both whole blood and platelets; there wasn't enough time for both.
Anything else? If I've left out anything you want to know, feel free to ask.